corvina
[ kawr-vee-nuh ]
/ kɔrˈvi nə /
noun
Origin of corvina
1780–90; < Mexican Spanish, Spanish: kind of fish, feminine derivative of
corvino
corvine; so called from its color
Words nearby corvina
coruscation,
coruña,
corvallis,
corves,
corvette,
corvina,
corvine,
corvisart des marets,
corvisart's facies,
corvo,
corvus
Example sentences from the Web for corvina
The flesh of the latter is firm, dry, and less savory than the corvina.
Corvia or Corvina, is a Stone of a reddish colour, and accounted artificial.
Thalaba the Destroyer |Robert Southey
British Dictionary definitions for corvina
corvina
/ (kɔːˈviːnə) /
noun
a marine food fish, Menticirrhus undulatus, found in Pacific waters off Mexico and California
any of several related marine fishes of the family Sciaenidae
Word Origin for corvina
from Spanish
corbina,
corvina, from feminine of
corvino ravenlike, from Latin
corvus raven